Covering-machine.



No. 628,049. Patented July 4, |899. L. VINING. CUVERING MACHINE.

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LUCINDA vnundor GAiNEsvILLE, TEXAS.

oovERlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 628,049, dated July 4, 1899.,

v Application tied January 27,1898. serial No. 668.219. ou man.)

lTo aLZZ whom t mal/'concern' v Be it known that l, LUCINDA'VINING, a citizen of the United States, residingat rGainesville, in vthecounty of Cooke andA State of TeXas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rag-Joinersg'and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear,

Y and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v My present invention relates to a novel inachine for joining fabric strips designed to be used as filling in rag carpets or the'like.

The machine is designed to .wind a iine thread or other continuous strand around the strips longitudinally and embodies improvements for properly feeding'the strips, winding the continuousstrandaround them in a manner to insure their connection without the necessity of tacking them together as by sewing in the ordinary manner.

The invention consists, further, in certain l novel details of construction and in the arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is atop plan View of the apparatus complete. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the opposite side; and Fig. 4 is a detail view of two strips of fabric, showing the manner in which they are connected. Fig. 5 is a detail vertical section through the bob'- bin-tube, showing the manner of supporting the bobbin. l

Referring to the numerals on the drawings,

1 indicates the bed or base plate, at one end of which is located a bearing-frame 2, carrying at its4 top a pair of journal-boxes 3, in which is journaled a power-shaft 4, provided with a crank or other power-transmitting device 5. Keyed or otherwise secured upon the shaft 4t is a" belt-wheel 6, from one side of which extends a comparatively small beltpulley 7.

8 indicates a feed-roll extending longitudinally along one side of the base-plate at the desired elevation and supported by bearingbrackets 9. The feed-roll is designed to be rotated bya feed-belt 10, passiug'around the pulley 7 and the roll,`a pair of idlers 11 being` suitably mounted between the base-plate and a horizontal bracket 12, extending from one of the brackets 9 to properlyA direct the belt to accommodate the right-angular disposition of roll-and-.power shaft.

13 indicates-a belt-tightener composed of an oscillating arm 14, pivoted, as indicated at 15, upon the plate l, and an idle pulley 16, carried at the free end of the' arm and engaging one strand of the feed-belt. y

17 indicates a corrugated friction-roller in yielding contact with the feed-roll and journaled at the upper end of a standard 18, ex-

tending from one end of a slide 19, laterally movable with respect to the plate in suitable ways 20, a spring 2l, secured at its opposite ends to theslide and base-plate, serving to constantly urge the friction-roller toward the feed-roll. f

The mechanism thus far described comprehends the means for feeding the fabric at the desired speed, and I shall now proceed to a description of the mechanism which winds the strand around the fabric strip to effect the connection.

22 indicates a fixed standard rising from the side of the bed-plate directly opposite the y standard 18, and from its top extends horizontally across the frame a guide in the form of a smooth stout wire or rod 23, supported fixedly at one end'only, located axially within what may be termed a bobbin-tube 24, consisting of two concentric tubes 25 and 26, the inner of which may be made of some light material-as, for instance, pasteboard or the like-while the outer tube is preferably of metal. The bobbin-tube is open at both ends and revolubly mounted in suitable bearings 27, carried by uprights 28, and is revolved at a comparatively high rate of speed by a belt passing around the tube and the belt-wheel 6. The guide 23 terminates near the `opposite side of the machine, so that there is no ob struction to the passage of the joined strips therefrom. A Y

29 indicates a bobbin of any ordinary or approved construction mounted at the end of the tube adjacent to the standard 22 by passing one end of an angular or L-shaped rod or wire 30 between the tubes 25 and 26, where it is rigidly held, the outer bent end of said rod serving as the shaft or spindle of the bobbin.

Any suitable tension device 3l may be apr-f' IOO out of Contact with the feed-moll.

bobbin at the proper tension; but I consider the spring-loop illustrated preferable for this purpose.

In operation the crank 5 is turned and the end of a fabric strip 32 is fed upon the rod 23 in the direction of the bobbin. The end of the strand 33 wound upon the bobbin is 1 now passed once or twi'ce around the strip and rod. The strip is then fed forward by hand until its end passes through the bobbintube and is engaged between the feed-roll and the friction-roller, the rotation of the bobbin with the tube having in the meantime wound the strand in a more or less gradual spiral around the strip. The feed will now be autornatic, as the friction-roller will maintain an operative relation between the strip and the feed-roll. The operatornow laps one end of a secondstrip over the rear end of the rst strip, and as the lap or joint reaches the bobbin the slide 19 is moved against the resistance of the spring to throw the friction-roll This will interrupt the feed of the strips and will cause the strand to be wound closely around the lap or joint, after which operation the slide is released and the feed is resumed until the next lap or joint is reached. If desired, wire baskets or other receptacles may be hung upon the frame to receive the strip as it passes off the free end of the guide. Thus it will be seen that I have produced a novel machine foi-connecting orjoining fabric or other-strips; but While the present embodiment of the invention appears at this time to be preferable many minor changes in the details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature or spirit of the invention. Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a bobbin-tube an means for rotating the same, of a guide-rod supportcdat one end and extending into the tube, a feed-roll located at right angles to the bobbin-tube and beyond one end thereof, means for-actuating the feed-roll, a frictionwheel yieldingly urged against the feed-roll, and a bobbin carried by the bobbin-tube and designed to revolve around a strip fed therethrough, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with a bobbin-tnbe and a bobbin carried thereby, of .a guide-rod extending into the bobbin-tube and designed to support the strips, a feed-roll located at right angles to the bobbin-tube, a spring-actuated slide, a friction-roll carried by the slide in yielding engagementv with the feed-roll, a power-shaft, belt-pulleys carried thereby,and means for actuating said shafts, and' belts passing over the belt-pulleys and around the bobbin-tube and feed-roll respectively, and means for taking up the slackin one of the belts, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

YLUCINDA VINING. Witnesses:

E. M. THOMPSON, J. F. LILLY. 

